Article - CS130256

Windchill PDMLink: What are WVS Positioning Assembly and Extended Positioning Assembly representations and how are they published?

Modified: 24-Oct-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.1
  • ProductView Adapters and Creo Elements/View Adapters 12.1 to 13.0
  • Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.1
  • Windchill ProjectLink 9.1 to 13.1
  • Pro/INTRALINK 8.x + 9.1 to 11.2
  • PTC Arbortext Content Manager 9.1 to 11.1
  • Windchill PDM Essentials 10.1 to 11.1
  • Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)
  • Adapter for Creo Parametric
  • Adapter for CATIA V5
  • Adapter for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
  • Theorem CADverter

Description

  • What are WVS Positioning Assembly and Extended Positioning Assembly representations?
  • What are the differences between Positioning Assembly and Extended Positioning Assembly representations?
  • The Extended Positioning Assembly publishing configuration is not currently documented
  • What are the requirements for Pos Assy publishing?
  • Keywords: PosAssy, XPosAssy, SimpRep, CADRep
  • What documents will tell how to configure Creo and/or Windchill so that the representations work as advertised and can be drill down into the large assemblies?
  • Is it possible to make an Autodesk Inventor assembly a Positioning assembly in Windchill PDMLink?
  • Unable to create a representation in Windchill PDMLink for an assembly model that has an IBA which is declared for publishing (or not) as a POSASSY assembly, the publish rules file dictates the rule for engaging the IBA based on its value
  • Is it possible to publish only the Default Simplified Rep and not the Master Rep
  • What is Positioning Assembly and what's the difference?
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